Plate with the Head of a Horned Devil (Planche au diable cornu)
Paul Gauguin
in or after 1895
Medium
woodcut on very thin japan paper
Dimensions
image: 30.2 x 15.7 cm (11 7/8 x 6 3/16 in.) sheet: 30.2 x 23 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.16.70
About the Artist
Paul Gauguin · 1848–1903
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose bold experiments with color, form, and subject matter made him one of the most influential figures in the transition from 19th-century art to modernism. His rejection of European civilization for the perceived authenticity of 'primitive' cultures established an archetype of artistic exile that continues to resonate. Gauguin's ...